"his prostate completely removed as a preventative measure. Lloyd Webber was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 1992 Birthday Honours for services to the Arts. In the 1997 New Year Honours he was created a life peer as Baron Lloyd-Webber, of Sydmonton in the County of Hampshire. He is properly styled as The Lord Lloyd-Webber; the title is hyphenated, although his surname is not. He sat as a Conservative member of the House of Lords until his retirement from the House on 17 October 2017. One nomination for Best Original Song Score and Adaptation: 1973 motion picture ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" One"
"of what it would be like if he married Mary Magdalene and raised a family with her instead of dying for humanity's sins. Mary is likewise portrayed as a reformed prostitute in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1971 rock opera ""Jesus Christ Superstar"". In ""Superstar"", Mary describes her sexual attraction to Jesus in the song ""I Don't Know How to Love Him"", which shocked many of the play's original viewers. Ki Longfellow's novel ""The Secret Magdalene"" (2005) draws on the Gnostic gospels and other sources to portray Mary as a brilliant and dynamic woman who studies at the fabled"
"confirmed that she has no intentions of developing a third book due to the potential controversy it might generate. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (2005) is a book by Anne Rice that depicts the life of Jesus Christ at the age of 7 to 8. Rice wrote the novel after returning to the Catholic Church in 1998. Beliefnet named ""Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt"" its 2005 Book of the Year on the basis of its ""creativity, its unique spin on one of the world's most important religious figures, and for its impact"
"during Andrew Lloyd Webber's auditions for the role of 'Jesus' in his upcoming UK arena tour of the show ""Jesus Christ Superstar"". The audition process for 'Jesus' was televised in the UK in a short series called ""Superstar"". Gaumond reached the top 20 through the initial audition process but was sent home by Lloyd Webber just before reaching the live shows. Shortly after this, Gaumond was then cast as Jesus by UK-based Bronowski Productions in their new production of ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" for Ljubljana Festival in Slovenia. In early 2013 it was announced that Gaumond would return to the West"
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The story is based on the ""coat of many colours"" story of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis. This was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice musical to be performed publicly; their first, ""The Likes of Us"", written in 1965, was not performed until 2005. The show has only a few lines of spoken dialogue; it is almost entirely sung-through. Its family-friendly story, familiar themes and catchy music have resulted in numerous stagings."
"holy host."" He does not believe that he is actually Jesus Christ. The show describes itself as ""...interactive radio theater designed to teach people about themselves and the historical person of Jesus."" The premise is presented on the air as ""What if you could talk to Him, laugh with Him, learn from Him?"" The show became a part of Premiere Networks on June 1, 2008, and is syndicated to radio stations in the U.S., including WGST in Atlanta, KOGO in San Diego, KSTE in Sacramento and WRNO-FM in New Orleans. ""The Jesus Christ Show"" began as a short segment on"
"Jesu'"". Andrew Lloyd Webber's setting of ""Pie Jesu"" in his ""Requiem"" (1985) has also become well known. It has been recorded by Sarah Brightman, Charlotte Church, Jackie Evancho, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Marie Osmond, Anna Netrebko, and others. Performed by Sarah Brightman and Paul Miles-Kingston, it was a certified Silver hit in the UK in 1985. The original text, derived from the ""Dies irae"" sequence, is as follows: Andrew Lloyd Webber, in his ""Requiem"", combined the text of the ""Pie Jesu"" with the version of the ""Agnus Dei"" formerly used in the Tridentine Requiem Mass: Pie Jesu ""Pie Jesu"" (original Latin: ""Pie"
"Jesus, Judas and Mary Magdalene, relationships that are not described in depth in the Gospels. Lyricist Rice said he took inspiration from the Bob Dylan song ""With God on Our Side"". ""Herod's Song"" is a lyrical rewrite of ""Try It and See"", previously written by Lloyd Webber and Rice as a proposed British entry into the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest to be sung by Lulu, then recorded and released as a single by Rita Pavone. The writers had also included it (as ""Those Saladin Days"") in an aborted show called ""Come Back Richard Your Country Needs You"". The melody of"
"fully divine, as ancient Christian creeds assert, then Rice succeeds."" Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana is a novel depicting the life of Jesus, written by Anne Rice and released in 2008. It is the sequel to """", and is part of a proposed four-part series about the life of Jesus. ""Publishers Weekly"" called the novel ""beautifully observed ... culmination of an intimate family saga of love, sorrow and misunderstanding"". In dealing with the issues of Jesus's early childhood, the reviewer said that ""Rice undertakes a delicate balance: if it is possible"
"Bob Bingham Robert ""Bob"" Bingham (born October 29, 1946) is a retired American actor and singer. Bingham is best known for playing the role of Caiaphas in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" in the original Broadway cast and in the 1973 film version. Bingham was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. He attended the University of Washington for three years and studied singing with Ernest J. Anderson and acting with Home Adjunct, Inc. His first professional appearance was in a touring production of the musical ""Hair"" in 1970, first at the Moore Theatre in"
"Paul II and Benedict XVI. Jesus Jesus (), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the central figure of Christianity. Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Messiah (Christ) in the Old Testament. Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically, although the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the Jesus portrayed in the Bible reflects the historical Jesus. Jesus was a Galilean"
"on Fox television. (The segment was later included in the 2002 version of ""In Search of..."" on the Sci Fi Channel.) Rice has done extensive research into Gnosticism as well as Grail legends and Merovingian lore, sharing this research in ""Dagobert's Revenge"" and ""The Vessel of God"". Rice was involved in creating a Tiki bar called Tiki Boyd's at the East Coast Bar in Denver, Colorado. Rice decorated the entire establishment out of his own pocket due to his fondness of Tiki culture, asking an open tab at the bar in return. Rice has long expressed a love of Tiki"
"were scheduled broadcasts in a series adapted to television and dubbed into Arabic and shown on many Arab television stations during Ramadan. The film portrays Jesus as a prophet and not as Son of God and claims he was not crucified and that someone else was crucified in his place. Talebzadeh's biopic shows Judas Iscariot being crucified instead of Jesus. Christians believe Jesus is the Son of God and thus part of the Holy Trinity and that he died by crucifixion to accomplish humanity's salvation before resurrecting and ascending to heaven. The film was played at the Philadelphia Film Festival."
"commissioned Lloyd Webber and Rice to write a piece for the school's choir. Doggett requested a ""pop cantata"" along the lines of Herbert Chappell's ""The Daniel Jazz"" (1963) and Michael Hurd's ""Jonah-Man Jazz"" (1966), both of which had been published by Novello and were based on the Old Testament. The request for the new piece came with a 100-guinea advance from Novello. This resulted in ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"", a retelling of the biblical story of Joseph, in which Lloyd Webber and Rice humorously pastiched a number of pop-music styles such as Elvis-style rock'n'roll, Calypso and country music."
"Jesus Jesus (), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the central figure of Christianity. Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Messiah (Christ) in the Old Testament. Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically, although the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the Jesus portrayed in the Bible reflects the historical Jesus. Jesus was a Galilean Jew who was baptized by"
"the rest of the original cast in the DVD ""Superstar: the Making and Reunion of the Film"" (2015). Bingham lives in Brewster, New York with his wife and two children. Bob Bingham Robert ""Bob"" Bingham (born October 29, 1946) is a retired American actor and singer. Bingham is best known for playing the role of Caiaphas in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" in the original Broadway cast and in the 1973 film version. Bingham was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. He attended the University of Washington for three years and studied singing with"
"KFI's ""The Bill Handel Show"", when Saavedra was invited to play the role of Jesus as a serious guest for an Easter program segment. The Jesus Christ Show The Jesus Christ Show is a syndicated radio program that airs every Sunday from 6 to 9 a.m. Pacific Time. It is carried on the Premiere Networks, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia, Inc. AM 640 KFI in Los Angeles serves as the flagship station where the show is produced. It is billed as ""Hosted by Jesus Christ."" Jesus is played by the show's producer, Neil Saavedra, who wears many hats at KFI, including"
"was a First Methodist member who helped to bring Dykes to the church. Easterwood told David Westerfield that Dykes was ""interested in all people - those who were poor and those who were rich and famous. He set a pace that others would follow."" A ""Faith and Reason"" series of twenty-four videos released in 2000 examines Dykes' theological views. The tapes quote Dykes as having said that Jesus Christ ""did not see Himself as the Son of God, He didn't see Himself as anything special."" In Scripture, however, Jesus said that He and the Father ""are one"". The series repeatedly"
"consensus nature of reality and the havoc that can be wreaked by refusing to play by the collective rules that dictate most people's perception of the external world. In the mid-1980s Rice became close friends with Anton LaVey, founder and high priest of the Church of Satan, and was made a priest, then later a magister in the Council of Nine of the Church. The two admired much of the same music and shared a similar misanthropic outlook. Each had been inspired by ""Might Is Right"" in fashioning various works: LaVey in his seminal ""Satanic Bible"" and Rice in several"
"he is the messiah by threatening to urinate over albums of Christian artist Amy Grant. Peter attempts to top Jesus' story about his crucifixion during a dinner conversation with a story about how he and his friends ""got wrecked on Southern Comfort"" before going to see ""The Chronicles of Riddick"". George W. Bush explains to the American people that going to war was correct because he answers to Jesus Christ, then Peter and Jesus interrupt him to disagree with him, similar to a scene in Woody Allen's ""Annie Hall"". Jesus is invited to the ""Tonight Show"", hosted by Jay Leno."
"Christ and Easter. For the past two spring seasons, 2016–17, Adam has played the title role in global U.S.-based cable news outlet CNN's docudrama ""Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery"". This is in conjunction with the Christian faith's recognition of Jesus' time on Earth as the Son of God, focusing on his three-year ministry that led to his betrayal, crucifixion, death, and resurrection, and their related observances of the Last Supper, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. Bond's multiethnic background and features assisted in his being cast for the role of Christ. Adam Bond Adam Richardson Bond is a multi-ethnic, British-American actor"
"stated in an interview for ""Chat Life"" that the article was referring to a one-off payment that he made at a dinner event held by the party around two years earlier advocating opposition to wind turbine construction, and that he was not a member or regular donor to any political party. Despite his disenchantment with the Conservative Party, Rice joined Andrew Lloyd Webber, both supporters of Margaret Thatcher, at her funeral in 2013. Describing his religion, Rice stated in a 1982 interview, ""Technically I'm Church of England, which is really nothing. But I don't follow it. I wouldn't say I"
"came with a 100-guinea advance from Novello. This resulted in ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"", a retelling of the biblical story of Joseph, in which Lloyd Webber and Rice humorously pastiched a number of pop-music styles. The piece was first presented as a 15-minute pop cantata at Colet Court School in London on 1 March 1968. Lloyd Webber's composer father William arranged for a second performance at his church, Westminster Central Hall, with a revised and expanded 20-minute format; the boys of Colet Court and members of the band Mixed Bag sang at this performance in May 1968. One"
"Richard Rice (theologian) T. Richard Rice (born 1944) is an American Seventh-day Adventist theologian and author. He is a leading proponent of ""open theism"", a term he invented, which describes a controversial understanding of God. As of 2007 he is professor of theology and philosophy of religion at Loma Linda University in California. Rice received an MDiv degree from Andrews University in 1969, and an MA and PhD in Christian theology from the University of Chicago in 1972 and 1974, respectively. He taught at La Sierra University, in Riverside, California until 1998, moving then to Loma Linda University, where he"
"Jesus: The Evidence Jesus: The Evidence is a three-part television miniseries made by London Weekend Television (LWT) for Channel 4, and transmitted in the UK in 1984 over the Easter period (Ep.1 - 8 April 1984; Ep.2 -15 April 1984; and Ep.3 - 22 April 1984). The series was one of the first television attempts to ‘demythologize’ the Gospel narratives. The series suggests that the Jesus of the Bible was a myth created by the Apostle Paul, and developed by the established Church in the fourth century. The series was the first major religious commission by the UK’s newly established"
"theatre. He also had originally set music to ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"" at the age of 15. In 1965, Lloyd Webber was a Queen's Scholar at Westminster School and studied history for a term at Magdalen College, Oxford, although he abandoned the course in the winter of 1965 to study at the Royal College of Music and pursue his interest in musical theatre. In 1965, when Lloyd Webber was a 17-year-old budding musical-theatre composer, he was introduced to the 20-year-old aspiring pop-song writer Tim Rice. Their first collaboration was ""The Likes of Us"", a musical based on the"
"The Jesus Christ Show The Jesus Christ Show is a syndicated radio program that airs every Sunday from 6 to 9 a.m. Pacific Time. It is carried on the Premiere Networks, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia, Inc. AM 640 KFI in Los Angeles serves as the flagship station where the show is produced. It is billed as ""Hosted by Jesus Christ."" Jesus is played by the show's producer, Neil Saavedra, who wears many hats at KFI, including hosting ""The Fork Report,"" a Saturday afternoon food show, as well as selling advertising for the station. Saavedra refers to himself on-air as ""your"
"Jesus?"", a one-hour television special aired on CBS affiliates at Christmas 2001. The program, co-hosted by Kennedy with actor Dean Jones, reached a claimed 20 million viewers, with its Easter follow-up, ""Who Is This Jesus: Is He Risen?"" The program offered scholarly viewpoints on the reliability of the Gospels, especially the resurrection claim. Associated Press religion writer Richard Ostling contrasted the broadcast to the 2000 Peter Jennings-hosted ABC News documentary, ""The Search for Jesus"", contending the program “achieved more journalistic success than Jennings at one point” by providing a broader cross-section of experts. The ministry launched the Washington, D.C.-based D."
"February 1985 in St. Thomas Church, New York; the conductor was Lorin Maazel, and the three soloists were Plácido Domingo, Sarah Brightman (Lloyd Webber's wife at the time), and Paul Miles-Kingston. ""Requiem"" won the 1986 Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition. The most popular segment of ""Requiem"" has been the Pie Jesu, which became a hit single and has been recorded by numerous artists. On 20 July 2013, Lorin Maazel revisited ""Requiem"" at The Castleton Festival. Featured performers were soprano Joyce El-Khoury, tenor Tyler Nelson, and treble Tommy Richman. The best-known part of Lloyd Webber's ""Requiem"", the ""Pie Jesu"""
"the first appearance of ""Jesus and Pals"", the Public-access television talk show hosted by Jesus Christ. The show was mentioned in the episode ""Weight Gain 4000"", but actual footage from the show was not featured. Parker and Stone specifically sought to introduce ""Jesus and Pals"", and the idea of Jesus as a South Park resident, as a reference to their original ""The Spirit of Christmas"" cartoon. Comedy Central censors were concerned about this portrayal of Jesus in ""South Park"", but did not prevent Parker and Stone from following through with it. ""Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride"" first aired"
"Born"" and ""What If the Bible Had Never Been Written"", seek to document the positive impact of Christianity and the Bible in education, law, civil liberty, science, economics, the family, medicine, and the arts. Kennedy produced and aired ""Who Is This Jesus?"", a one-hour television special aired on CBS affiliates Christmas 2001. The program, co-hosted by Kennedy with actor Dean Jones, reached a claimed 20 million viewers, with its Easter follow-up, ""Who Is This Jesus: Is He Risen?"" The program offered scholarly viewpoints on the reliability of the Gospels, especially the resurrection claim. Associated Press religion writer Richard Ostling contrasted"
"be a temporary break from their illustrious theatrical partnership. They did not work together again until the request for this ""pièce d'occasion"" came up, and ""Cricket"" ended up being their final original musical. Prince Edward, the Queen's youngest son, commissioned a short musical from Lloyd Webber and Rice for his mother's 60th birthday celebration. The game of cricket was Tim Rice's favourite pastime – he had a cricket field on the grounds of his home and had his own cricket team – and Rice had a particular passion for this new comic musical about England's national sport. Rice used actual"
"is (as of 2007) a Professor of Religion in the areas of Theology and Philosophy of Religion. He has served as a church pastor. Rice introduced the term ""open theism"" in his 1980 book ""The Openness of God: The Relationship of Divine Foreknowledge and Human Free Will"". The book was published by Seventh-day Adventist publisher Review and Herald, but proved controversial within the church and was not reprinted. Later, evangelical Clark Pinnock contacted Rice to convey his deep appreciation of the book, and gave it a positive review. It was republished by Pinnock's publisher Bethany House under the title ""God's"